State trying to keep mentally ill people out of jail system
By MELISSA McEVER: The Brownsville Herald
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By MELISSA McEVER: The Brownsville Herald
By Nicole Chavez: San Antonio Current
Life on the outside is even tougher on women
By Jennifer Autrey: Star-Telegram Staff Writer
Jailers had watched her frantic distress for five days. Stopping up the toilet to flood her cell. Trying to hang herself with her gown. Announcing that she was pregnant with Jesus' child.
JPS overlooked signs of a health-care crisis, even though inmates and their families cried out for assistance
By Jennifer Autrey: Star-Telegram Staff Writer
After James Wright had a brain abscess removed, he didn't always get his antibiotics.
Associated Press
GALVESTON, Texas
The inmates at the Galveston County jail in Galveston, Texas, are getting out. They're handcuffed, and it's just for a ride.